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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
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Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
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Chhant (1312)
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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 86639" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p>These are very nice words veer ji. I don't see how any of you can possibly want me in your midst with derailing of every thread I write and showing so much hostility for simple message of tolerance and peace and unity. What exactly is Khalsa? Is this someone who defends human rights? Supports seva? Promotes unity and world brotherhood? Wants to become a sant and spend time in performing spiritual sadhana to cleanse the inner kalpas?</p><p></p><p>Or is it some political formulation after the image of the militants?</p><p></p><p>To sit in your midst does this mean surrendering to extremist views and fanatical talk? Does it mean agreeing that something like Bhagavad-Gita is "disgusting" and "degrading to humanity?"</p><p></p><p></p><p>Veer ji, how can I support what I don't accept is truth? Would you have any respect for me if I did this, just to agree and make people happy? I do not say I am right. I do believe I'm right. Can I act any other way? I read Bhagavad-Gita and I read Gurbani. Both are Gurmat for me. I see no contradiction. Why should I hate either one? Why can't I love beautiful things? I go see sants and do matatek to them. Because I am believing the Gurbani which says I am the dust of the feet of the sants. Why should I be proud? One of the most beautiful things I learned in sadhana from Hindu ashram years ago was to bow down your ego was the beginning of wisdom. Only mainstream Sikhs are saying I can't bow down to anyone but Guru sahib. What if I see Guru sahib in a sant? or a tree? or a flower? Why can't I have a humble faith which isn't part of any institution? It is my conviction that institutions are the death of humble faith.</p><p></p><p></p><p>What am I saying so wrong to hurt all of you? I'm no born leader. If you ever met me you would laugh and laugh. My hairs stick out on the ears and I'm fairly short. I have a voice which is so soft and quiet that what I hear all day from people at work is..."What did you say?" Or worse, "Did you say something?" This is why I like to write it's for all the times that no one can hear me. Someone called me a feminist once with male hormones which continues to amuse me to no end. I think I have never been mistaken for a male in my life. (I think, thats a qualifier). I've also been called iron lady, which also continues to make me laugh. I think if I had a broom people would not even run. I've been considered to be a witch sending curses. I suppose I'm slipping that in after I recite the prayer of Shantideva: "May I be the doctor and the medicine and the nurse for all sick beings in the world until everyone is healed." I suppose if I was cursing them, and then offering to help them heal I would never get out of sansaara, which seems sort of ludicrous way to pray.</p><p></p><p>You are right, my method of educating is not working. People have the most amazing impressions of me. But I don't have any other methods than simply talking and telling you how I feel and what I think. Perhaps these words will mean something to someone. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what anyone says. What matters is what we become. These tiny words and small thoughts are all part of the sansaara. My life, my identity, whatever I think I can bring you is really nothing much. That is the honest truth of it. I do wish I wouldn't get derailed so often. I'd much rather discuss beautiful poetry, meaningful spiritual teachings, powerful spiritual lessons that have been flowers in the basket of my heart. But it seems months later I'm stuck still trying to defend the validity of something like yoga or Bhagavad-Gita instead of those teachings which make my heart sing. And if I rejected what is so beautiful, then my spirituality would truly be derailed. Why should I do that to win anyone's conditional acceptance? What kind of spiritual teaching bases it's identity on rejection?</p><p></p><p>How much more can I love you who keep trying to drive me away? Am I not trying to share in the only way I know, the things which I consider precious and meaningful? How did I hurt you veer ji? By rejecting Khalistani philosophy and extremist ideologies, this hurt you? Did you like me better when I was believing in militants and blindly praising Khalistan? And now, I have no acceptance. Now, there is no place in your heart for me when I say it's more spiritual to love people and promote unity and brotherhood and peace.</p><p></p><p>How can I ever understand you?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You know Guruji is perfect. Absolutely perfect and fully Divine, merged in the God-consciousness. And I think if you gave Guruji who is all perfect some of these personal attacks you would meet the Guruji's boot! </p><p></p><p>But how could any human being ever be immune? When I show you soothing words you guys delete them and annoy me in every way possible. I quote the Gurbani discussing avataars and you drag that to a new thread about "Hindu" avataars. When I try to correct a bad attititude or negative statement I get infractions for insulting one of you. Then you invent a new TOS to make my opinions into some kind of enemy of Sikhism. Seriously what else can I do? Why is it veer ji that you don't want to hear the beautiful things, the esoteric things, the hidden things? I know so many rare things about yoga and occult symbolism in various systems. And no one can stand it. I could answer some of the most complex and difficult questions, and no one can tolerate even the simple statements. My message must not be for any of you, or you would know me and you would recognize my words. And I would be welcome.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I went to see a Hindu sant last week, and had a wonderful time. I sat next to a Radhasoami family and 3HO came and paid their respects as well. The sangat was unbelievably calm and loving. What would be the purpose of staying in the mainstream only to be rejected and reviled time after time? Only to be forced to shun what I love? What message would that send?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I was so content to simply bow and be a humble chela of an eternal Love and an eternal Truth. After I received darshan, I felt fear in my stomach and in my chest, chakra areas. I felt it definitely palpating. And when I looked into the eyes of the sant I saw ancient ancient wisdom looking right through my heart. And the message conveyed without words to my mind was this: "Peace. Peace. Bliss. Bliss." And in fact I was in another world for about 3 hours after in perfect silence and stillness. I felt wave after wave of joy. I am only a child veer ji. I'm not much of a teacher.</p><p></p><p></p><p>What on earth can I give any of you besides continued headache? But the truth is, I've never seen such bliss in the Khalistani sangat. I used to think it sad that even the ashrams and monasteries had more peace. Now I understand why. I wish you all the highest peace, and the highest bliss. I wish you all the blessings I've felt and healing besides. There can be no spiritual path if people aren't free to follow their hearts. That's the problem with institutional religious dogmatism and cookie cutter philosophies. The thing which institutions most fear is what is sought most ardently by spiritual seekers. And that is the breaking open of barriers and the transformation of consciousness.</p><p></p><p>I promise you one thing. I will reject an evil philosophy. But I will never reject any of you. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I am a Sikh. I don't see why I should abandon what I believe in with all my heart simply because the mainstream rejects it. To me it is truth and real and cherished faith. I put my hope in these spiritual experiences. Just because Gurbani rightly talks against extremes, doesn't mean balanced sadhana doesn't exist. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Mainstream Sikhs have abandoned deep meditation and tapas completely, even when practiced in a balanced way. </p><p></p><p>Forgive me, but it would seem mainstream Sikhism practices material pursuits and calls it spirituality, while rejecting completely any sadhan of any sant or yoga tradition, or any indigenous tribal wisdom. What mainstream Sikhism has done is strip the sacred experience away by rejecting all of the forms in which it manifests. This isn't true of all forms of Sikhism, but for example when I went to see Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Dadrianwale, there was a man who went mastana during the kirtan... and some of the sangat quickly led him away. Modern Sikhs are as afraid of mystical experience as any atheist. They are distrusting of every psychic opening, denying every esoteric teaching in Gurbani, rejecting all spontaneity. And without spontaneity in praise, you can never break through into ecstacy, can never break out of the bondage of worldly consciousness. Veer ji, no one can experience God in the mind. The mind has to be transcended. This is why we surrender the mind and all it's limitations to reach that limitless place. A religion which is purely intellectual approach, purely rational approach, purely political approach... isn't an approach at all. It's distance. It has no freedom of spirit.</p><p></p><p>Without dhyaan you have no gyaan. Without withdrawing to some degree from materialism, you will have no spiritual experience. First the physical senses are not the way to perceive spiritual things. So there must be a withdrawal from the senses of some kind, or our spirituality never gets off the ground. This can happen in simran, this can happen in kirtan. It can happen in darshan, it can happen with japa. It can happen with fasting, it can happen with celibacy. There are a thousand ways it can happen. So why would we reject anyone else's spiritual approach as invalid? The God is bigger than human rejection. The Love is always dancing. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Gurbani teaches Surat Shabad Yoga. Putting your consciousness on the vibrating Sound to come into the Presence of the Divine. And the Divine Reality belongs to everybody equally. Not just Sikhs. It's really sad when mainstream Sikhs don't even believe in the Reality of the Sound current, and that is the essence of Sikhism. It is the essence of Naama japa. It is the boat of mukti.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://a497.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/54/m_067157497b351abf720c0bbfef2fd330.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4921/gurumayi4kp6.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.self-realisation.org/images/photo-ramana-maharshi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.jaswantsawhneytrust.org/images/bhagatpuransingh1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050816/chd6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Pingalwara</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gRpTGoqwSY" target="_blank">YouTube - love its AMMA</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clS8s06W2R0" target="_blank">YouTube - Shamanic experience of a trance</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu90fptuo3A" target="_blank">YouTube - Entheo:genesis - Awakening the divine within</a></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g19/myst_I/graphics/amm22swe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Indigo"><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Take from me all that is not REAL.</strong></p><p></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 86639, member: 2125"] These are very nice words veer ji. I don't see how any of you can possibly want me in your midst with derailing of every thread I write and showing so much hostility for simple message of tolerance and peace and unity. What exactly is Khalsa? Is this someone who defends human rights? Supports seva? Promotes unity and world brotherhood? Wants to become a sant and spend time in performing spiritual sadhana to cleanse the inner kalpas? Or is it some political formulation after the image of the militants? To sit in your midst does this mean surrendering to extremist views and fanatical talk? Does it mean agreeing that something like Bhagavad-Gita is "disgusting" and "degrading to humanity?" Veer ji, how can I support what I don't accept is truth? Would you have any respect for me if I did this, just to agree and make people happy? I do not say I am right. I do believe I'm right. Can I act any other way? I read Bhagavad-Gita and I read Gurbani. Both are Gurmat for me. I see no contradiction. Why should I hate either one? Why can't I love beautiful things? I go see sants and do matatek to them. Because I am believing the Gurbani which says I am the dust of the feet of the sants. Why should I be proud? One of the most beautiful things I learned in sadhana from Hindu ashram years ago was to bow down your ego was the beginning of wisdom. Only mainstream Sikhs are saying I can't bow down to anyone but Guru sahib. What if I see Guru sahib in a sant? or a tree? or a flower? Why can't I have a humble faith which isn't part of any institution? It is my conviction that institutions are the death of humble faith. What am I saying so wrong to hurt all of you? I'm no born leader. If you ever met me you would laugh and laugh. My hairs stick out on the ears and I'm fairly short. I have a voice which is so soft and quiet that what I hear all day from people at work is..."What did you say?" Or worse, "Did you say something?" This is why I like to write it's for all the times that no one can hear me. Someone called me a feminist once with male hormones which continues to amuse me to no end. I think I have never been mistaken for a male in my life. (I think, thats a qualifier). I've also been called iron lady, which also continues to make me laugh. I think if I had a broom people would not even run. I've been considered to be a witch sending curses. I suppose I'm slipping that in after I recite the prayer of Shantideva: "May I be the doctor and the medicine and the nurse for all sick beings in the world until everyone is healed." I suppose if I was cursing them, and then offering to help them heal I would never get out of sansaara, which seems sort of ludicrous way to pray. You are right, my method of educating is not working. People have the most amazing impressions of me. But I don't have any other methods than simply talking and telling you how I feel and what I think. Perhaps these words will mean something to someone. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what anyone says. What matters is what we become. These tiny words and small thoughts are all part of the sansaara. My life, my identity, whatever I think I can bring you is really nothing much. That is the honest truth of it. I do wish I wouldn't get derailed so often. I'd much rather discuss beautiful poetry, meaningful spiritual teachings, powerful spiritual lessons that have been flowers in the basket of my heart. But it seems months later I'm stuck still trying to defend the validity of something like yoga or Bhagavad-Gita instead of those teachings which make my heart sing. And if I rejected what is so beautiful, then my spirituality would truly be derailed. Why should I do that to win anyone's conditional acceptance? What kind of spiritual teaching bases it's identity on rejection? How much more can I love you who keep trying to drive me away? Am I not trying to share in the only way I know, the things which I consider precious and meaningful? How did I hurt you veer ji? By rejecting Khalistani philosophy and extremist ideologies, this hurt you? Did you like me better when I was believing in militants and blindly praising Khalistan? And now, I have no acceptance. Now, there is no place in your heart for me when I say it's more spiritual to love people and promote unity and brotherhood and peace. How can I ever understand you? You know Guruji is perfect. Absolutely perfect and fully Divine, merged in the God-consciousness. And I think if you gave Guruji who is all perfect some of these personal attacks you would meet the Guruji's boot! But how could any human being ever be immune? When I show you soothing words you guys delete them and annoy me in every way possible. I quote the Gurbani discussing avataars and you drag that to a new thread about "Hindu" avataars. When I try to correct a bad attititude or negative statement I get infractions for insulting one of you. Then you invent a new TOS to make my opinions into some kind of enemy of Sikhism. Seriously what else can I do? Why is it veer ji that you don't want to hear the beautiful things, the esoteric things, the hidden things? I know so many rare things about yoga and occult symbolism in various systems. And no one can stand it. I could answer some of the most complex and difficult questions, and no one can tolerate even the simple statements. My message must not be for any of you, or you would know me and you would recognize my words. And I would be welcome. I went to see a Hindu sant last week, and had a wonderful time. I sat next to a Radhasoami family and 3HO came and paid their respects as well. The sangat was unbelievably calm and loving. What would be the purpose of staying in the mainstream only to be rejected and reviled time after time? Only to be forced to shun what I love? What message would that send? I was so content to simply bow and be a humble chela of an eternal Love and an eternal Truth. After I received darshan, I felt fear in my stomach and in my chest, chakra areas. I felt it definitely palpating. And when I looked into the eyes of the sant I saw ancient ancient wisdom looking right through my heart. And the message conveyed without words to my mind was this: "Peace. Peace. Bliss. Bliss." And in fact I was in another world for about 3 hours after in perfect silence and stillness. I felt wave after wave of joy. I am only a child veer ji. I'm not much of a teacher. What on earth can I give any of you besides continued headache? But the truth is, I've never seen such bliss in the Khalistani sangat. I used to think it sad that even the ashrams and monasteries had more peace. Now I understand why. I wish you all the highest peace, and the highest bliss. I wish you all the blessings I've felt and healing besides. There can be no spiritual path if people aren't free to follow their hearts. That's the problem with institutional religious dogmatism and cookie cutter philosophies. The thing which institutions most fear is what is sought most ardently by spiritual seekers. And that is the breaking open of barriers and the transformation of consciousness. I promise you one thing. I will reject an evil philosophy. But I will never reject any of you. I am a Sikh. I don't see why I should abandon what I believe in with all my heart simply because the mainstream rejects it. To me it is truth and real and cherished faith. I put my hope in these spiritual experiences. Just because Gurbani rightly talks against extremes, doesn't mean balanced sadhana doesn't exist. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Mainstream Sikhs have abandoned deep meditation and tapas completely, even when practiced in a balanced way. Forgive me, but it would seem mainstream Sikhism practices material pursuits and calls it spirituality, while rejecting completely any sadhan of any sant or yoga tradition, or any indigenous tribal wisdom. What mainstream Sikhism has done is strip the sacred experience away by rejecting all of the forms in which it manifests. This isn't true of all forms of Sikhism, but for example when I went to see Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Dadrianwale, there was a man who went mastana during the kirtan... and some of the sangat quickly led him away. Modern Sikhs are as afraid of mystical experience as any atheist. They are distrusting of every psychic opening, denying every esoteric teaching in Gurbani, rejecting all spontaneity. And without spontaneity in praise, you can never break through into ecstacy, can never break out of the bondage of worldly consciousness. Veer ji, no one can experience God in the mind. The mind has to be transcended. This is why we surrender the mind and all it's limitations to reach that limitless place. A religion which is purely intellectual approach, purely rational approach, purely political approach... isn't an approach at all. It's distance. It has no freedom of spirit. Without dhyaan you have no gyaan. Without withdrawing to some degree from materialism, you will have no spiritual experience. First the physical senses are not the way to perceive spiritual things. So there must be a withdrawal from the senses of some kind, or our spirituality never gets off the ground. This can happen in simran, this can happen in kirtan. It can happen in darshan, it can happen with japa. It can happen with fasting, it can happen with celibacy. There are a thousand ways it can happen. So why would we reject anyone else's spiritual approach as invalid? The God is bigger than human rejection. The Love is always dancing. Gurbani teaches Surat Shabad Yoga. Putting your consciousness on the vibrating Sound to come into the Presence of the Divine. And the Divine Reality belongs to everybody equally. Not just Sikhs. It's really sad when mainstream Sikhs don't even believe in the Reality of the Sound current, and that is the essence of Sikhism. It is the essence of Naama japa. It is the boat of mukti. 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